Clarence Eugene Haugen was born in Griggs County, Broadview Township to Mr. and Mrs. Bennie M. Haugen. He was the third born of a large family of 11 children. His father was a farmer.
He married on November 16, 1948, Gertrude Dorothy Johnson of Page, North Dakota, who was among the 12 children born to Mr. and Mrs. Iver Johnson. Clarence and Gertrude lived in Barnes County until 1950, when they moved to Griggs, where they have resided ever since.
Clarence rented and lived on a farm owned by Julius Thorn, seven miles west of Hannaford until Thorn's death, in 1965 when he decided to buy the farm. It was here, for the most part, that Clarence and Gertrude reared their four children:
Clarence and his family as of date live on his mother's farm in Dover Township. He is still farming and has a few livestock.
Of the children, Wayne, age 15, is the only one remaining with his parents. He attends high school at Hannaford. Donald married Mary Hinschberger of Cooperstown and resides in Windsor, North Dakota They have two children, Tony, and Sheila. Virgil, after graduating from high school, served four years in the Air Force, and now operates a business in Fargo, North Dakota Marilyn, married Keith Otto of Cooperstown, where they now are living. They have one daughter, Michele. Clarence's mother, Oline Haugen, now 85, is residing in the Griggs County Nursing Home.
Source: Griggs County History 1879 - 1976 Page 286